THIS. ⬇️

This clearly shows that Trump is wholeheartedly committed to not being "woke".

Remember, Musk has said that empathy is weakness. So creating an artificial companion that doesn't have or want empathy is on target for him and his followers.

This is how much of the Republican leadership think about people who don’t vote the way they’re supposed to. They think those people aren’t just wrong, they’re dangerous, and shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

"... if we do what I'm saying ..." This from the person who has been leading the GOP around by the nose since 2016. Yeah, continuing to grovel to him and do his bidding is clearly excellent advice.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either. Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.

The ideas underlying socialism are hardly toxic. Inclusion, community, compassion, opportunity, effective governance are all fundamental, widely embraced. The term socialism itself has been cynically stigmatized. But with a little good sense, we can move past that and focus on values & results.

I wrote another essay, just out at my newsletter site.

Dick Cheney has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.

Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today. It's resegregation in real time.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

this is why i watch videos of people telling ICE agents to get the fuck out of their cities

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" "NO! No no no no!" Seriously, though, this is part of why I'm generally dubious about billionaire philanthropy. The effect billionaires have on philanthropy is often just as warping as their effects on the economy. Even when they're well-intentioned.

The Onion is the absolute best.

YES THIS.

This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI

Excellent thread.

If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

"We were in *concentration camps* and still managed to kill thousands of Nazis" is seriously hardcore bad-ass. It's also a hell of an admonition to those of us who think we're more powerless than we maybe are.

FWIW, I just set up a small monthly donation.

Absolutely true. But if you can contribute to food banks, please do. Because while that won’t help everyone who needs help, it will help some people. Beach, starfish, etc.

I think we've sadly gotten to the point where we need more words to distinguish types and levels of dishonesty. There are synonyms of course, and using adjectives helps, but "performatively lie" seems inadequate here.

I did not enjoy writing this; it can't even serve as an ad for my newsletter, which I've suspended due to an overbilling situation that has me almost regretting leaving Substack. But, you know, it's evidence for the piece I just didn't get to include. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...

With ICE acting like Gestapo psychopaths, good time to remind folks that being undocumented is a misdemeanor, and staying past your visa is only a civil matter. Neither requires you to football tackle, zip tie, and beat and mace folks, or shoot tear gas and pepper spray at people. These are gross

Every time dental insurance or optical insurance in the US comes up, I think about how weird it actually is that they're separate from typical health insurance. It's like everyone taking it for granted that separate "kidney insurance" is a perfectly reasonable idea.

It's not clear whether just randomly gunning people down on 5th Avenue violates a law prohibiting murder. Maybe! Maybe not!

I am spending a great deal of time & effort today composing responses that I delete before posting. I mean, even more time & effort than usual. Which is good overall, I guess, but I wish the former part didn’t make the latter part such a good idea.

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

Republican leaders: The 7 million No Kings protesters were paid by George Soros! Also Republican leaders: The corporations giving millions of dollars to Trump for his Epstein Ballroom project are doing it out of the goodness of their very patriotic corporate hearts.

LOLsob.

Does anyone know of any person or group who's keeping a centralized, all-inclusive list of crimes that Trump has potentially or likely committed since he took office? I mean things that he might be investigated for if his SCOTUS judges and his coconspirators weren't running interference.

This makes my heart hurt. And on some level I agree that there are more important things to be angry at Trump about BUT: 1) We can be angry at him for more than one thing. ALL the things, even. 2) If this is what finally sets off someone's anger, fine, I'll take it. It's a start.

If this is actually a thing, I think it qualifies as a "failure mode of clever." (h/t John Scalzi)

Ngl, seeing “you’re holding the nazi tatted racist white man to impossible standards” as a Black woman, aka the demographic ACTUALLY held to impossible standards, pisses me off deeply. The bar is so low for them and they still can’t clear it, but we’re “ideological purists” for pointing that out.

> @newyorker.com

If it actually gets built, convert it into affordable housing. With part of it set aside as a homeless shelter. I’m kinda joking but I’m also definitely not joking.

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

If I'd known that this is what the future would look like, I would've become a forensic accountant.

Same.

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BIG SAME.

Johnson wants ICE to do tone policing, too. With the usual IOKIYAR restrictions, of course. Fuck off, asshole.

I constantly draw strength from the fact that my parents grew up when it was worse than this. When white people were lynching people in the streets and bombing Black churches and integrated schools. And they still did not live in fear. My parents thrived, loved, and lived. And I can too.

⬆️⬆️⬆️ This is excellent.

The reason gullible people believe all protesters are paid is because they can't conceive of anyone giving a shit about anyone other than themselves.

Our little town in Western Massachusetts: